The fallout of nitrogen pollution is considered one of the largest global externalities facing the world, impacting air …, Vietnam, and 33 African countries to analyze the causal links between pollution exposure experienced during the very earliest … stages of life and later-life health. The results show that pollution exposure experienced in the critical years of …

assess these health impacts and related costs. The paper focuses on the translation of air pollution levels into health … challenges: (1) identify and measure the health effects of air pollution, and (2) to estimate the costs of the health effects …; chapter two gives impacts of air pollution from transport on health; chapter three presents valuation of health impacts …

become and remain competitive. Although many studies have focused on these negative effects, the links between pollution and … pollution and city growth, and how it correlates with city competitiveness. Although high-income cities are usually better at … managing pollution, the paper finds successful examples of fast-growing, lower-income cities that are able to tackle this issue …

This paper surveys the recent literature exploring the causes of urban pollution in the developing world and the … implications of such pollution for a city's competitiveness. Within a system of cities, cities compete for jobs and people. Those … pollution inhibit urban competitiveness? Second, why is this effect likely to grow in importance over time? Third, why have …

Air pollution from vehicular traffic is a major source of health damage in urban areas. The problems of urban traffic … and pollution are essentially geographic, because their incidence and impacts depend on the spatial distribution of … vehicle traffic, air pollution, and exposure of vulnerable residents in the Dar es Salaam metro region of Tanzania. The …

(IHME) on the economic costs of air pollution. Air pollution is a global challenge and one that is acutely felt in … developing countries. Illnesses caused by ambient and household air pollution claim the lives of nearly 6 million people each … strengthen the business case for countries to take action on reducing air pollution. A secondary goal of the joint World Bank …

-risk functions for major health outcomes of air pollution from the Global Burden of Disease study to estimate the health effects … air pollution follows a recent World Bank report, using a cross-country transfer method of the value of statistical life … generally found to constitute a relatively minor share of the health costs of air pollution …

Quantitative assessments of health impacts from environmental pollution are useful informationfor government and the … effects of ambient air pollution (AAP) in Greater Cairo, and inadequate household drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene … as a result of ambient PM2.5 air pollution in Greater Cairo, and inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene in all of …

Greater Cairo and ambient air pollution in the city? And what are the effects of-one, the opening in recent years of another … metro line and an extension to it, and two, the recent increases in fuel prices-on vehicle density and ambient air pollution? …